Traveling Insights about Cell Church

by | May 14, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Most of you know, I have quite a busy travel schedule. I just got back last Thursday from a whirlwind eleven day trip that took me to San Clemente, CA, Nyack, NY, and York, PA. In San Clemente, CA I spoke to the leaders of Hope Christian Fellowship about how to...

Coaching: Spend Enough Time

by | May 11, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Two extremes exist in coaching. One extreme is demanding too many meeting or what I call over-coaching. The other extreme is not offering enough coaching. I believe a happy medium exists between these two extremes. I like to think in terms of minimum requirements. You...

Tilling the soil

by | May 10, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

Steve Cordle   One of the most helpful scriptures to me and to our other cell leaders is Jesus’ parable of the sower. As we read how the seed fell on various kinds of soil and produced different kinds of results, we think about the people to whom we minister.  ...

Coaching: Meet the Needs of the Leader

by | May 9, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

I’ve watched some coaches over the years set themselves up as authority figures. They arrived at the place of commanding their leaders what do to. They fell into the “you must submit to me” mentality. Such aberrant behavior places leaders under bondage rather than...

How do People Get Well?

by | May 8, 2007 | Cell Church Ministry

“How do people get well?” This question was posed to me by a fellow pastor.  The context of the question:  How I have observed people moving from disability to spiritual health/wholeness. My first thought was Jesus questioning the man at the pool of...